Center Leadership Team and Staff
We strive to equip individuals with disabilities and their families as well as professionals and paraprofessionals with vital support and information.
Contact Dr. Meagan Orsag, Associate Director for more information:
Dalun Zhang, Ph.D.
Center Director
Office: Harrington Tower, 637C
Expertise: transition education and services for individuals with disabilities
Meagan Orsag, Ph.D.
Associate Director
979-845-4612 | meaganorsag@tamu.edu
Office: Harrington Tower 637D
Expertise: Transition; Postsecondary Access & Outcomes; Special Education Policy; Access and Equity; Equity Issues in Special Education; Qualitative Methods & Applications in Education Analysis; Leadership Preparation; Teacher Preparation.
Laura Stough, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
979-845-8257 | lstough@tamu.edu
Office: Harrington Tower 709
Expertise: emergency management, disaster and research, qualitative methodologies, education.
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Tanya Baker
Communications Specialist
Aimee Ortiz-Day
Program Coordinator
Office: Harrington Tower 637J
Assists with the following programs:
The Institute for Person-Centered Practices
Tracy Glass
PATHS Program Director
Cheryl Grenwelge, Ph.D.
Director of Transition Service Programs, Associate Professor, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Phone: 979-321-5019 | Fax: 979-845-6496 | chgrenwelge@ag.tamu.edu
Office: AGVS 115
Dr. Grenwelge is an Associate Professor and Extension Specialist with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service. Her areas of expertise include transition services, secondary special education, self-determination, and youth leadership development.
Robin Miller
Program Coordinator II
robin.miller@exchange.tamu.edu
Office: Harrington Tower
Robin is working with the Work-Based Learning Project is to create authentic work experiences for high school students with disabilities in Texas and with the Capacity Building Project to provide training and technical assistance to regional and local transition teams to build statewide capacity in providing quality transition services to students with disabilities.
Mary Muyia
Program Coordinator II
Office: Harrington Tower – 637F
Mary will lead efforts within the Center on Disability and Development (CDD) to expand the public health workforce within the disability networks. She will develop educational materials and disseminate them to relevant communities, serve as a liaison between the CDD and community partners to help expand the public health workforce within the disability network.
Vanessa Richard
Program Coordinator II
Eric Roberts, Ph.D.
Director of Employment Programs
Jacqueline S. Turner, Ph.D.
Research Specialist
979-458-0169 | jsturner@tamu.edu
Office: Harrington Tower 637G